NIH Director Speaks to Council About Potential New Arenas for Common Fund Support

Slide 30 [Illustrations of cells and possible networks]

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Concept Proposals Previously Reviewed by the Council

  • We may pursue aspects of these proposals in the context of proposed new efforts
  • LINCS and MAPGen seek to understand how gene networks operate in diverse cell types and how a single faulty network can underlie apparently distinct diseases
  • Current consideration for a Connectivity Map aligns well with these goals - it aims to perturb networks and measure the cellular impact in a number of cell types.

[Illustrations of cells and possible networks]


 

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